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The Cloudspotter's Guide
Gavin Pretor Pinney is the chairman and founder member of the Cloud Appreciation Society. He contends that we are blessed in this country with a uniquely rich and varied cloudscape, which has hitherto been sadly undervalued. His book teaches us to appreciate their different varieties - the cumulus, nimbostratus and Morning Glory to name only a few - and all their beauties and significances, both meteorological and cultural. We learn how Hindus believed the cumulus clouds were the spiritual cousins of elephants, how thermal air currents act on fair weather cumuli, and how to save a fortune in psychiatric bills by using the clouds as Rorschach images that reflect our state of mind as well as nature's moods.
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9780340895900
Producer code
9780340895900
Author
Gavin Pretor-Pinney
Cover
oprawa miękka
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Language
English
Liczba stron
320
Format
198 x 130 x 17
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